August 22nd Humor

* Every time I look at the picture of Whistler’s mother I think how lucky we are to be waiting for the cable guy to show up.

@ I walked into the music store to buy a CD of Debussy’s Clair De Lune. I found the hip-hop, the R&B, the country and jazz sections of the store, but no area where I might find a Debussy CD. “Excuse me,” I said to the young clerk. “Do You have a classical section?” After a brief hesitation she asked, “You mean like Elvis?”

A modern artist finally got his painting into a prestigious gallery and was bragging to his friend about the great acceptance this portended for him. When they went to the gallery the friend was shocked to see that his masterpiece was hung upside down. He rushed to grab the artist and tell him of the error, but the artist explained, “don’t say anything, the committee would not accept it the other way.”